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Suspect Demetrius Blackwell launched the bogus health attack in a Queens precinct during questioning after he was picked up for shooting Officer Brian Moore in 2015, retired NYPD Detective Sean Ward said.

“After 10 to 15 minutes, he was slumping in the chair,” the detective testified. “Then he slid down and was laid out on the floor and kind of shaking. I said, ‘What’s going on? What’s wrong?’ He said, ‘I’m having a seizure.'”

Ward — who said that he saw Blackwell, prior to the fake-out, drop a razor, a bag of cocaine, and a bag of marijuana — said EMTs were in the room within minutes and determined Blackwell was lying.

“I asked who was the president, the date, and location,” EMT Daniel Casey later told jurors. “His initial answer was ‘Santa Claus’ and he didn’t know the location. I said, ‘Stop the bulls–t if you want to go to the hospital.’ He said it was Saturday, he was in the police station, and the president was Obama.”

“I inspected his vitals, pupil dilation, inspected his airway and the oral phalanx, negative findings,” Casey testified, saying there was no indication Blackwell had suffered a seizure.